divaricate

  • 11divaricate — adj. [L. divaricatus, spread apart] 1. Forked or divided into branches; diverging. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) Pertains to ornamentation consisting of widely divergent costulae or other shell ornamentation …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 12divaricate — divaricately, adv. divaricatingly, adv. divarication, n. divaricator, n. v. /duy var i kayt , di /; adj. /duy var euh kit, kayt , di /, v., divaricated, divaricating, adj. v.i. 1. to spread apart; branch; diverge. 2. Bot …

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  • 13divaricate — verb /dʌɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/ to spread apart; to diverge, to branch off …

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  • 14divaricate — di·var·i·cate || daɪ værɪkeɪt adj. branching v. branch off; spread apart …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 15divaricate — [dʌɪ varɪkeɪt, dɪ ] verb technical or literary stretch or spread apart. adjective Botany (of a branch) coming off the stem almost at a right angle. Derivatives divarication noun Origin C17: from L. divaricat , divaricare stretch apart …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 16divaricate — v. n. Diverge, part, fork, separate into two, open wide, branch off, spread asunder …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 17divaricate —   Widely spreading, e.g. the horns on the microsporophylls of Ceratozamia mixeorum …

    Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

  • 18divaricate — di·var·i·cate …

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  • 19divaricate — di•var•i•cate v. [[t]daɪˈvær ɪˌkeɪt, dɪ [/t]] adj. [[t] kɪt, ˌkeɪt[/t]] v. cat•ed, cat•ing, adj. 1) zool. to spread apart; branch; diverge 2) spread apart; widely divergent • Etymology: 1615–25; < L dīvāricātus, ptp. of dīvāricāre to cause to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20divaricate — verb (divaricated, divaricating) –verb (t) /daɪˈværəkeɪt/ (say duy varuhkayt) 1. to spread apart. –verb (i) /daɪˈværəkeɪt/ (say duy varuhkayt) 2. to branch; diverge. 3. Botany, Zoology to branch at a wide angle. –adjective /daɪˈværəkət/ ( …

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